Severstal faces SKA in today’s lone game!

It’s a light KHL Tuesday, with just one game on tap as Severstal seeks a fourth consecutive win, while SKA tries to bounce back after four losses in five matches. The two teams already met last week, with Severstal claiming a 5-2 road win.

This time, Severstal and SKA clash in Cherepovets. On Tuesday, five different scorers led the Steelers to a 5-2 victory in St. Petersburg. A double by former Severstal’s star Daniil Aimurzin wasn’t enough for SKA, who has now four losses in the last five games, also including defeats to CSKA (5-6), Dinamo Minsk (2-4), and Dynamo Moscow (3-4 OT). The St. Petersburg’s franchise is now the sixth team in the Western Conference, a jump down after being in a much higher position a couple of weeks ago. Third in the standings is Severstal, who has now three straight wins. After defeating SKA, they also celebrated wins over Torpedo (3-2) and Ak Bars (1-4) as today the Steelers start a four-game home stead. Will Severstal celebrate again or will SKA come out on top to return to winning ways after a disappointing start to October?

19:00: Severstal (8-4-2, 3^rd W) vs SKA (8-4-1, 6^th W)
About the game

Severstal, who defeated SKA earlier in the season (5-2), starts a four-game home series on a three-match winning streak.

SKA enters the third game of a four-match road trip after three consecutive defeats.

Severstal’s defenseman Ioannis Kaldis is on a four-game scoring streak, with 4 (1+3) points over that stretch.

Injury list

Severstal: Nikolai Burenov, Andrei Churkin, Alexander Samoilov.

SKA: Zakhar Bardakov, Trevor Murphy, Linus Weissbach.

Milestone alert

Severstal’s forward Ruslan Abrosimov lines up for his 300^th league appearance.
SKA’s forwards Daniil Aimurzin and defenseman Alexei Maklyukov may record their respective 100^th career assist (currently both at 99).